The Tenderfoot
1900
Charles Marion Russell captures the hilarious chaos of the Old West in this 1900 scene. A greenhorn cowboy is getting violently bucked off a wild horse, his hat flying through the air while his buddies watch and laugh. Scattered playing cards and empty cans on the dusty ground suggest a card game was rudely interrupted by the sudden rodeo action. Russell, known as the 'Cowboy Artist,' perfectly captures the gritty, humorous reality of frontier life rather than the romanticized versions often seen in dime novels.
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